The Renaissance of Islam [FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE] First Edition. London: Luzac & Co. 1937
New York: AMS Press, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. (6), iii, (3), 538pp. Index. Brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. A near fine copy. More
New York: AMS Press, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. (6), iii, (3), 538pp. Index. Brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. A near fine copy. More
Cincnnati: Hebrew Union College, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. 320 pp. Black cloth with golden lettering on spine. In original dj. Covering topics from Birth rites of the Modern Bedouin to circumcision, Baptism, Evil Spirits, death rites and more. Book is in Fine Condition. More
Rome: Istituto per L'Oriente, 1963. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo. 104pp. 100pp. Illustrated wrappers with red and black lettering. Reprint of 1893 Leipzig-edition of Qur'an (sometimes spelled Koran) with additional commentary. In Arabic, with commentary in Italian. Minor age wear. Very good condition. Part of a series: Publicazioni dell'Istituto per L'Oriente. 55..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 576, (2)pp. Indices and 12 page bibliography. Text in English and transliterated Aramaic. Pictorial red boards lettered in white, with pink spine label. Illustrated with numerous Isnad (strands of transmission) diagrams. A fine, as new copy. In The Formation of the Islamic..... More
London: William Tegg & Co., 1857. New edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi, 132, 516pp. Index. Blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a large folding frontispiece view of the Mosque at Mecca, 3 genealogical tables (2, folding), and a folding map of Arabia. With a prefix of the life of..... More
Hamburg: Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei A.-G. (vorm. J. F. Richter), 1889. Softcover. 8vo. 74pp. Original wrappers missing. Work on the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam. Written by renowned Orientalist and scholar of Islamic thought, Alois Sprenger (1813 - 1893). As pointed out by Amin Kamaruddin (in..... More
Leipzig: Hirzel, 1865. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 110pp. Black paper covered boards with red label. Work on the Mu'tazila, a rationalistic Islamic school of thought that integrates elements from Greek philosophy. As shown by acclaimed Orientalist and scholar of Islam Ignaz Goldziher ("Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law (Princeton: Princeton University..... More
Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. xiv,110pp. Original wrappers bound in modern three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Modern endpapers. Rare edition of a study by H. Steiner on the distinct Islamic school of Mu'tazilah. This speculative theology flourished during the 8th-10th centuries..... More
Tel Aviv: Pinczower Reprints, 1972. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo. 32pp. Original wrappers. Reprint of the 1845 Vienna ("Verlag des Verfassers") - edition, including reprint of original title page, following reprint title page. Modern publisher's (Pinczower Reprints) announcements at last two pages. Work on circumcision in Islam and in the pre-Islamic Arabic..... More
Damascus: Dar Almarifa, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. Original color-illustrated blue faux leather with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Marginalia. Complete color-coded Tajweed Quran in luxurious binding, facilitating the understanding of differences in word intonation and improving the recitation of the Quran through color-coding. This way..... More
Damascus: Dar Almarifa, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. Original color-illustrated blue faux leather with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Marginalia. Complete color-coded Tajweed Quran in luxurious binding, facilitating the understanding of differences in word intonation and improving the recitation of the Quran through color-coding. This way..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2015-2016. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. xxiii, (1), 454; xx, 344pp. Each volume with separate indices; Vol. 1, with a 40 page bibliography. Pictorial magenta boards lettered in white with lilac spine labels. A fine, as new set. Volume I offers an account of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 286pp. Gray cloth with blue lettering in original dust jacket. Printed on acid-free paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Work on Sufis [Islamic Mysticism] in Iran, written by Matthijs van den Bos, PhD (2000) in Social Science at the University of Amsterdam, who was at..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2015. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 202pp. Index and 24 page bibliography. Blue over red boards, spine lettered in white. A fine, as new copy. The Reconquista left unprecedentedly large numbers of Muslims living under Christian rule. Since Islamic religious and legal institutions had been developed by scholars who lived..... More
Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, 1953. Softcover. 8vo. 38pp. Original wrappers. Collection of essays on "Islamkunde" (Orientalism) and "Kulturwissenschaft" (cultural studies). With contributions by renowned Orientalists Gustav E. von Grunebaum (see below), Hans Joachim Kissling, Wenrner Caskel and Berold Spuler. Age wear and fading to wrappers, with minor creasing and..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 4 vols. Facsimile reprint of the 1896, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner edition. Brown cloth, gilt. A fine, as new set. More